echo "Starting impermanence mount with source: ${source}, target: ${target}, path: ${path}."

source_current="${source}"
target_current="${target}"

IFS='/' read -ra path_parts <<< "${path}"
unset "path_parts[-1]"

for part in "${path_parts[@]}"; do
  source_current="${source_current}/${part}"
  target_current="${target_current}/${part}"

  if [[ ! -d "${source_current}" ]]; then
    break
  fi

  read -r mode owner group <<< "$(stat -c '%a %u %g' "${source_current}")"
  install -d -m "${mode}" -o "${owner}" -g "${group}" "${target_current}"
done